Forest-based Poverty Reduction: A Brief Review of Facts, Figures, Challenges and Possible Ways Forward.[1]
Olivier Dubois, Forestry Policy and Institutions Branch, FAO
The content of this paper expresses the authors’ views and does not necessarily reflect FAO’s position.
[1] Paper prepared for the International Workshop on “Forests in poverty reduction strategies: Capturing the potential., 01-02 October, 2002, Tuusula, Finland.
1. Agreeing on the concept of poverty and forestry in the context of the forestry- poverty nexus, and how to address it
2. What do we know about the contribution of forest resources to livelihoods and poverty reduction? Some facts and figures
2.1. The types of livelihoods inputs from forestry3. Moving beyond facts and figures and making more sense of the forestry- poverty nexus – Some major challenges ahead
2.2. Different patterns of the people/forest relationship
2.2. Some figures
4. Linking Livelihood Approaches, Sustainable Forest Management/NFPs and Poverty Reduction /PRSPs
5. Doing something about forest-based poverty reduction: FAO’s recent contribution
5.1. The outputs of the Tuscany Forum and other recent workAcknowledgements
5.2. Recent progress at FAO to carry forward the FBPR agenda for action
References
Annex 1: Draft summary matrix of proposed sets of activities under the five main outputs of the FSL Partnership Programme